Symptom
There is a link between a Description attribute (i.e. Attribute2) to a corresponding ID attribute (Attribute1) in a master data type in the IBP Planning Areas app.
In excel, when defining a filter for the ID attribute, in the list of available values is possible to see:
1. ID - ID and ID - Description values when the ID - Description option is selected;
2. OR, ID and Description values when the Description option is selected (refer to the example screenshot);
3. OR, double ID values when the ID option is selected;
4. OR there are a discrepancy between the description shown in Excel UI and the description shown in Web UI for the same version.
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Environment
- SAP IBP for Microsoft Excel Add-in
Product
Keywords
ibp, description, attribute, does, not, work, properly, incorrect, attr, descr, doesn't, wrong, excel, planning, view, mdt, master, data, type, ID, dynamic selection, configuration, link, ID-ID, ID-Description, layout, Product ID–Product description , KBA , SCM-IBP-CNF-MD , Master Data Types App , SCM-IBP-XLS-UI , SAP IBP, add-in for Microsoft Excel (User Interface) , SCM-IBP-CNF-PAR , Planning Areas App , SCM-IBP-XLS-MD , Master Data Management , SCM-IBP-XLS-SRV , Backend Services , Problem
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